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2012 Highlights:
Gator Skeet and Trap hosted four
major trap and skeet of events
plus two ACUI Trap qualifiers in
2012 including the Southeast
Regional trap and skeet, the
2012 Florida Cup, 2012 Florida
State qualifier for Junior trap and
skeet and the Florida State Trap
and Skeet championships. In
addition, the Club also held two
ACUI qualifiers.
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Top Emerging OlympicPath Athletes:
Max Milan — Junior shooter that
has showed promise.
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Branden Grover — Took 2nd in the
California State men’s division
with a score of 91.
Mary Stapleton — Took 2nd behind
Bowers at the 2012 California
State JO women’s division.
CTC Coaches:
Nello Sevastopoulos is the
international trap manager
and is very welcoming to junior
shooters, and he wants the kids
to come out and shoot and have
fun. Nello works closely with the
President and parents of the
club on events for the bunker.
CONTACT:
4000 Dagnino Rd.
Livermore, CA 94551
Phone: 209 648 4229
Primary coach: Michael Gover
Contact Email: ([email protected])
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Considered one of the oldest
active gun clubs in America, the
San Antonio Gun Club (SAGC)
has officially become a USA
Shooting Certified Training Center. As a Certified Training Center
(CTC), the San Antonio Gun Club
will assist in exposing athletes
to the Olympic sport of shooting
and enhancing the organization’s
capabilities to compete in and
win international and Olympic
competition through extensive
training and coaching.
Located at its present location in the heart of San Antonio
since 1934, the SAGC has a rich
history dating back to the early
1880’s and has hosted some of
the earliest clay target shoots in
the nation. SAGC has for years
been heavily involved in supporting youth shooting including
being the home grounds to the
Trinity University shooting team.
SAGC facilities include five
skeet fields, six trap fields, a fivestand sporting field, an Olympic
bunker trap, a large club house
and two pavilions. SAGC is conveniently located only minutes
from downtown San Antonio and
the San Antonio International
Airport with several hotels and
restaurants within five minutes
of the club.
SAGC has five full time shotgun instructors, two of which who
will be overseeing the instruction
for the CTC.
CTC Coaches:
Terry Howard was a member of
the USAF Shooting Team and
spent nearly 20 years as the
USAF trap team coach and produced some of the top interna-
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Gator Trap and Skeet Club
5202 NE 46th Ave
Gainesville, FL 32609
352-372-1044
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Top Emerging OlympicPath Athletes:
Kimberley Bowers — A USA Shooting National Team member, the
international bunker on site at
Livermore was put in specifically
for her. It’s paid off with a great
shooting performance in 2012
which earned her a World Cup
opportunity having competed at
the United Arab Emirates World
Cup event last month.
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CONTACT:
Livermore Pleasanton Rod & Gun Club Livermore, Calif.
2012 Highlights:
Made the arrangements necessary to becoming a USA Shooting Certified Training Center.
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San Antonio Gun Club San Antonio, Texas
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tional trap shooters in the nation.
He was a member of both the US
and Olympic shooting team, winning several world class medals.
His previous world record score
of 299/300 in international trap
is still unbroken today.
Howard is currently a master
skeet and certified NRA instructor. He has produced many allAmerican skeet shooters and his
junior shooters are among the
best in the nation. He currently
instructs skeet and international
trap at the San Antonio Gun
Club.
P.D. Parker was a member of the
USAF Shooting Team and competed in numerous matches
from 1987 until his retirement
from the Air Force in 1997. He
is a Level 2 sporting clay instructor and a certified NRA instructor
as well as an accomplished ATA
trap and sporting clay shooter.
His current position is the General Manager of the SAGC.
CONTACT:
Primary Coach: P.D. Parker
([email protected])
www.sagunclub.com
928 East Contour Drive
San Antonio, TX 78212
210-828-9860
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